Prakhon Chai weather in May

In May, Prakhon Chai sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 163 mm of rain across 21.7 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Prakhon Chai's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Prakhon Chai's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
163 mm
21.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:43 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
80%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.0
out of 10

Prakhon Chai is town municipality in Buri Ram province, Thailand.

Founded
1956

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical May day in Prakhon Chai reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Prakhon Chai

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Prakhon Chai weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 19°81.711.25.7
Feb33° / 21°132.611.54.3
Mar35° / 24°447.911.92.7
Apr35° / 25°811412.32.0
May34° / 26°16321.712.72.0
Jun33° / 26°13821.612.82.2
Jul33° / 25°14923.312.82.4
Aug32° / 25°18024.912.52.4
Sep31° / 25°24425.412.12.6
Oct31° / 24°1391711.73.8
Nov31° / 22°365.811.35.2
Dec30° / 19°91.911.26.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23664
33565
43466
53169
62971
72971
82773
92575
102377
112278
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Prakhon Chai gets around 163 mm of rain over 21.7 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 70% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
162
262
363
464
565
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1774
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1974
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2173
2273
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3173

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1146431
2046333
3046234
4046036
5035938
6035839
7035740
8025642
9025543
10025444
11025345
12025246
13025147
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15015049
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17014851
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20014653
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Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:496:20
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312.55:486:21
412.65:486:21
512.65:476:21
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712.65:476:22
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.44 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.58 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Prakhon Chai

In seasonPeak

In May, Prakhon Chai sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Prakhon Chai's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Prakhon Chai?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Prakhon Chai.

What to pack for Prakhon Chai in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Prakhon Chai sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Prakhon Chai in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Prakhon Chai peaks around August 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 21 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 13UV 14Nov 21UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov7Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Prakhon Chai in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Prakhon Chai is worst in March — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.2× the cleanest month (June, 18 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1239 µg/m³Jun 1818 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb37Poor
Mar39Poor
Apr30Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Prakhon Chai?

Prakhon Chai sits at 14.6°N, 103.1°E, 166 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Nang Rong, 36 km away.

Khon BuriOu Bei ChoanChok Chai

Topography around Prakhon Chai

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Prakhon Chai.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Prakhon Chai has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 161 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 559 m.

The land around Prakhon Chai is covered by cropland (74%) within 3 km, cropland (79%) within 16 km, and cropland (75%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
69 m
80 km
559 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Nang Rong 36 km · Buri Ram 43 km · Surin 50 km · Samraong 64 km · Ban Huai Thalaeng 66 km · Khon Buri 95 km · Ou Bei Choan 101 km · Chok Chai 104 km

Thailand travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 31% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,057
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.8
per 100k, 2011
Road deaths
32.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 402
Religion
Buddhist 93%Muslim 5%Christian 1%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Prakhon Chai (14.6059°, 103.1208°, elevation 166 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).